Butz | SuperCollider 3.13.0 Help

Description

Butz is a global collection of actions which is shown on a GUI as buttons. This is useful for opening multiple guis only when needed, such as multiple instrument setups and their GUIs, opening utilities such as meters, custom scopes, mixers, guis for testing setup parts (speakers), etc etc.

It shows the actions as buttons with a given style, and updates dynamically when items are added.

Butz has a top instance where global actions go, and it can switch between different Butzes as groups of actions to show.

First code examples:Butz.show; // show the window for Butz Butz.all; // currently, only is present. // add some global actions to Butz(\top): Butz.add(\testMe); Butz.add(\polyharpye, { Butz.curr = \polyharpye }); Butz.add(\AI_ntmi, { Butz.curr = \AI_ntmi }); Butz.add(\blippoo, { Butz.curr = \blippoo }); Butz.add('---'); Butz.remove(\testMe); Butz.addMiniMax; // toggles between full size and small, Butz.miniMax; // like this line of code. Butz.miniMax; // like this line of code. Butz.clear; // clear all Butz(\top) // and start over: ( Butz.show; // show the window for Butz Butz.add(\polyharpye, { Butz.curr = \polyharpye }); Butz.add(\AI_ntmi, { Butz.curr = \AI_ntmi }); Butz.add(\blippoo, { Butz.curr = \blippoo }); Butz.add('---'); Butz.addMiniMax; ) // add some utility names Butz.add(\tdefall); Butz.add(\ndefmix); // fill some names already with actions Butz.add(\scope, { s.scope(4) }); Butz.add(\meter, { s.meter(6, 6).window.moveTo(0, 0) }); Butz.add(\MUTE, { |bt| s.mute }); Butz.add(\UNMUTE, { |bt| s.unmute }); // add the actions later by name Butz.add(\tdefall, { TdefAllGui(16).moveTo(120, 800) }); // for reusing windows and their locations, see also WinBounds: WinBounds.addMake(\tdefall, { TdefAllGui(16).moveTo(120, 800).parent.name_(\tdefall) }); Butz.add(\tdefall, { WinBounds.showOrMake(\tdefall) }); // Now, add more Butz objects, with their own choice of actions Butz(\AI_ntmi); Butz(\polyharpye); // switch it to front Butz.curr_(\AI_ntmi); Butz(\AI_ntmi).clear; Butz(\AI_ntmi).addMiniMax; Butz(\AI_ntmi).add(\NTMI); // open its main window Butz(\AI_ntmi).add(\influx); // open its influx window Butz(\AI_ntmi).add(\scope); /// change the number of buttons and style aspects Butz.style; Butz.numButz = 20; Butz.style.winExtent.x = 120; Butz.style.font.size = 16; // remake the window Butz.makeWin; // and add more general stuff Butz.add(\plotTree, { s.plotTree }); // and some specifics to the third Butz Butz(\polyharpye).add(\drawMap); Butz(\polyharpye).add(\save_scene); Butz(\polyharpye).add(\chord_explo); Butz.pop.valueAction = Butz.pop.items.size.rand; // can access button if needed Butz.add(\getBut, { |bt| bt.dump });